Growing up, my grandmother told me that I was an artist. I believed her and that began my artistic career. I’ve since grown to think of the title as something you earn, rather than happen upon as I did. I also think that art represents a kind of freedom that many people don’t have in their lives. It’s a freedom that everyone deserves, but for whatever reason, maybe fear, it escapes people. This freedom, as it manifests itself in fine art, is one that allows for anything and everything. It’s excitement and experimentation. This is what led me into an art program, and the freedom to work for yourself, is what lead me into a fine art program.

            My thesis idea isn’t set in stone yet. My ideas have recently been intertwined with tracing. I am interested in histories, both personal and otherwise and somehow this has surfaced into drawings and paintings that obscure information. I like the idea of becoming a filter for information.